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Sir Thomas Parkyns

Parkyns, Thomas 1 linked works

United Kingdom 1662 - 1741fl. 1680–1741

English landowner, architect, engineer and author noted for promoting wrestling as physical education. Sir Thomas Parkyns systematised grappling practice in Progymnasmata: The Inn-Play, or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler, first issued in 1713 and expanded in 1727.

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Authorized nameSir Thomas Parkyns

Sort nameParkyns, Thomas

Given namesThomas

Family nameParkyns

Birth year1662

Death year1741

Floruitfl. 1680–1741

NationalityUnited Kingdom

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Biographical and bibliographical authorities reviewed in enrichment phase 564; the established 1662 baptism-based birth year is retained, with 1664 treated as a secondary-source variant.

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The Inn-Play, or Cornith-Hugg Wrestler. Digested in a method which teacheth to break all holdsand throwmost falls mathematically. Easy to be understood by all gentlemen, &c., and of great use to such who understand the Small Sword in Fencing

Treatise 1727 English United Kingdom

Treatise · 1727 · English

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